I have felt completely not a part of the thing that I love, Finley said. For one person to do that, and to meet with me for the first time and to tell me Im not a good representative of the university  somebody that doesnt even know me because hes never made an effort to get to know me  theres no other conclusion that I can come to other than that he just doesnt want a gay person representing his athletic department.

From his attributed quotes in the article, it appears that the poor dears "feelings" are hurt. Hell hath no fury...and all that.

It’s one thing to not renew him when his contract is up, but it looks baffling to some of us that have been in athletic administration at the DI level for a long time (I spent almost ten years at a Big Ten and Big East schools in Intercollegiate Athletics).

The school doesn’t look good in this considering the guy’s record this year. I would like to know what his career record was at the school.

Maybe its like the way publik skoolz would quietly get rid of teachers who sexually abused kids by transferring them to another school system and city. Happened all the time, probaably still happening.

There could be a lot of problems with this guy that has nothing to do with the scores.

Finley earned a degree in range science from Sul Ross State University in Alpine, Texas in 1983. He has one son, 30-year-old Carlton, who resides in Richmond and works at Richmond Ford. Finley and John Sternlicht were married in 2010 and reside in Richmond with Johns youngest son Jeremy. Johns other son David graduated from Washington and Lee in 2011 and resides in Arlington, Va.

He is claiming to be married. But the Commonwealth does not recognize same sex marriage. Maybe the school has had to deal with issues with this person challenging everything all the time. Better to be rid of a person who would rather live by the laws of say Massachusetts.

I suppose that my comment above might come back to haunt me, but screw it. I dislike living in a leftist society that lacks a widely shared sense of the humanity of individuals. Leftists see no individuals, only oppressors and victims. Their chosen oppressors are rarely oppressors, and their chosen victims are rarely victims. As one of the non-oppressors I'd like a little payback for being falsely accused.

It is remotely possible that the volleyball coach was fired just for being homosexual, but in almost all of these "Some bad thing happened JUST BECAUSE HE WAS GAY!" stories, Matthew Shepard etc., the facts fail to support the allegation.

Whether this guy's story is true or false, VCU's insurers will probably have to shell out tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars to pay him off. This is just the 2012 reality, and employers fail to take note of it at their peril.

I would prefer to live in a society of individuals, not members of oppressor/victim groups, where firing a gay man would pose no more risk to a business than firing a straight man. I don't live in such a society.

My husband and I were talking about it, and we cant just walk away. So, he is the wife?

I was in my early fifties before I was aware of what “gay” sex was all about. Now we have to know the difference between a gay husband and a gay wife? This is getting too complicated.
I know, that is what being busy with a respectable career and family will do to you. You don’t have time to explore the alternatives. Yuk!

Not sure if his sexuality is the reason for his non-renewal...but I suspect that his gender may be the real reason

Guaranteed if this was a lesbian, she would have been offered a new contract after a 25-6 season and overall record

One of the biggest issues in womens sports is that the “Lesbian Left” does not want men coaching the womnen’s college teams. This has been an issue in college basketball for years, and it is also in other womens sports

It has nothing to do with being “pro-fag” as you state. It’s not my lifestyle and I wouldn’t choose it for anyone else. That being said, I believe someone’s faith, lifestyle, color of their skin, etc should not get in the way of one’s ability to do their craft and certainly not be the reason one is employed or not.

I also don’t believe being homosexual is a chosen way to go. They’re attracted to the same sex, just like you and I are attracted to the opposite sex. It is how they are wired.

No, I have never wondered why a Marxist who encourages and promotes the worst kinds of sin would inevitably be elected, nor have I wondered why good is called evil and evil is called good.

Radical's use of the government to allow the importation of a foreign country (ready to be propagandized) while wholesale indoctrination of all children away from the social views of their parent's have inevitably led to the election of men like Barney Frank as well as the Marxist.

My only wonder is why those who have insisted upon eroding and compromising our principles could not see where it would lead. The strong conservatives were right and sounded the warning for decades, all the while being labeled as scaremongers.

My whole feeling is this: Given the details available, the fact that this guy resorts to making the sexuality excuse is downright despicable. The records of this guy wouldn’t look great in any normal circumstance as a coach, so how about, not have the contract renewed, and learn a little bit on how to be a better coach. This is flat-out laziness and narcissism at it’s best. At least quit making excuses about why people won’t indefinitely like you, unconditionally, and then just find ways to improve your coaching, like most people do.

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